Beauty and personal care · County · North Carolina
Nail salons in Scotland County, NC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Scotland County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 8 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #1,309 of 1,328 scored counties
#72 of 72 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On personal care products and services · $716 a household
- Spending per listing
- $819K
- 51% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,322
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, Scotland County has a Groundwork market score of 8 (very low): #1,309 of 1,328 scored counties and #72 of 72 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Scotland County comes to about $9M a year: $716 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That works out to $819K per salon, 51% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Scotland County has 11 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 27% across the U.S. That is 8.7 per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Scotland County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Scotland County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Scotland County compares
The same measures for North Carolina and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the nail salons counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Scotland County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 6.4 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $819K | $1.4M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 7,513 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +55.7% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $716 | $897 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $45,730 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 8 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 53Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Scotland County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Scotland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,322−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,580
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 319 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 105
- Median household income
- $45,730+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,579
- Median home value
- $114,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,781
- Daytime population
- 32,005Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chatham County, NC | 88 | 11 | 3.3 | $3.1M | +11.0% | #7 of 1,328 |
| 2Orange County, NC | 87 | 18 | 3.1 | $3.3M | +6.1% | #12 of 1,328 |
| 3Franklin County, NC | 75 | 9 | 3.2 | $2.8M | +18.8% | #85 of 1,328 |
| 4Lincoln County, NC | 74 | 18 | 4.9 | $1.9M | +13.2% | #110 of 1,328 |
| 5Davie County, NC | 69 | 7 | 4.1 | $2.3M | +6.9% | #177 of 1,328 |
| 6Henderson County, NC | 68 | 17 | 3.3 | $2.6M | +5.0% | #191 of 1,328 |
| 7Johnston County, NC | 67 | 40 | 4.7 | $2M | +17.9% | #219 of 1,328 |
| 8Brunswick County, NC | 67 | 38 | 5.5 | $1.6M | +26.5% | #228 of 1,328 |
| 9Union County, NC | 66 | 51 | 6.1 | $1.8M | +11.7% | #251 of 1,328 |
| 10Rowan County, NC | 65 | 21 | 3.6 | $2.3M | +5.6% | #267 of 1,328 |
| 72Scotland County, NC | 8 | 11 | 8.7 | $819K | −0.3% | #1,309 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Scotland County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas32
- Hair salons31
- Barbershops17
- Nail salons8
- Spas and skin care34
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Scotland County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 nail salons in Scotland County. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Scotland County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 53 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Scotland County, NC spend on personal care products and services?
About $9M a year, or $716 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $819K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,580 households in Scotland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Scotland County, NC compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Scotland County has 8.7 nail salons per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $819K, 51% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Scotland County would have about 5, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Scotland County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Scotland County at 33,322 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,580 households. Median household income in Scotland County is $45,730, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Scotland County scores 8 for nail salons (very low), #1,309 of 1,328 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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